Dryptosaurus
genus · Marsh 1877 · accepted · extinct
1 descendant taxa · 13 fossil sites · 7 formations · 1 countries
Lived when
Cretaceous – Paleogene
113.2–66 million years ago
Found where
1 country
7 rock formations
Fossil record
13 sites
6 catalogued specimens
Inside this group
Immediate children
- Terminal taxon — no children recorded.
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Facts from the record
- Its fossils span about 47 million years, from 113.2 to 66 million years ago.
- The youngest known fossil is around 66 million years old — that is roughly 220 times further back than the whole of human history.
- Dryptosaurus was named in 1877 (Marsh 1877) — 149 years ago.
- Fossils have been recorded in 1 country and 7 named rock formations.
- 6 individual specimens are catalogued in museum collections.
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Data from the Paleobiology Database (CC BY 4.0).